For a few moments in Monday night’s game, it appeared that Alexandar Georgiev was all-in on the tank, the Lose for Hughes campaign.

But on further examination, what Georgiev did was groundbreaking.

Unfortunately it had no bearing on the game, another one in which the Rangers fell behind by two goals, worked their backsides off to get it tied, earned another harmful point in the draft lottery, and ultimately lost again in overtime, 3-2, to the desperate Edmonton Oilers.

But this was in the third period, game tied 2-2. Georgiev, the impressive young goalie who has cost the Rangers so many pingpong balls already (he has gained 11 points in his last nine games, and one of his regulation losses was a 1-0 game), sprinted to the Rangers bench.

There was no delayed penalty being called, and everyone on the bench, including a shocked coach David Quinn, was wondering what in holy hell Georgiev was doing as he climbed over the boards.